Protector for horses



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PROTECTOR FOR HORSES. v APPLICATION-.FILED NOV. 30. |921.

-Patented'Ag 15,- 1922;

lNyENoR. Mula, fuji, s

ATTORNEY PROTECTOR non Honsns.

Application filed November 30, 1921. Serial No. v518,925VA f" To all whom t may concern: l

Be it known that I, KLEOFAS r4 AUDULAITIS, a citizen of Lithuania, residinov at Chicago, county of Cook, and State of llinois, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Protectors for Horses7 of which the following is a specification. I

This invention relates to improvements i devices for protecting the heads of horses .or similar animals against the sun, and it is the principal object 'of the invention to provide a protector oi this kind which can be quickly attached and removedy to the harness of a horse or like animal and which allows a ready renewal of the cooling medium used in connection with the protector.

Another obj ect of the invention is the provision of a pad adapted to be filled with wet sand or a similar moistureretaining mate# rial allowing a convenient replacement of the evaporated inid employed for keeping the sand wet.

Still' further objects and advantages 'of my invention will become more fully apparent as the description thereof proceeds, and will thenbe speciically pointed out in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure l is a top plan view or" a device constructed according to the" present invention.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectionthro-ugh such a device on an enlarged scale,"the1section being taken on line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 illustrates the attachment of the device on a horse.

Theprotector consists of a pad 10 having l specification oirettersratent. PatentedAug.

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substantially theA form of an i8 -provided with a plurality 'of ears or eyes 11 `on each l side through whichlthe straps 12, 13 or the harness for a horse may be drawn in order to secure the device on a horses head.

The pad is hollowed and its interior space is subdivided by partitions 111-', l5 into a plurality of chambers` 16 adaptedto be iilledr kwith sand or the like material which'is kept moist or wet by a liquid introduced through an opening in the top wallofthe pad closedk 2 .by a stopper -17 while tiny openings 18 in the bottom wall o1- the pad allow 'a slow escape 4` oil the surplus of moisture. l y Y It will be clear that changes may be made of my invention.

VV hat l claim as' new and desire to secure in thegeneral arrangement and the co-nstrucby Letters Patentof the United Statesisi A protecting hollow pad` for the-heads of y horses comprising a flexible body, partitions' within said body for dividing said body into a plurality oichainbers adapted to be filled with sand, ears on said pad allowingthe passage of the harness straps forsecuring the pad on the head of a horse," said padhaving an upper opening for the admission of the sand and water, and a pluralityr of 'small' bottom openings for the slow escape of the surplus of water.` n: i i

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

KLnoFn's NAUDULAITIs. l 

